Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 13:11:15 -0500 (EST) From: "Bruce M. Walter" <walter@fortean.com> To: Andrew Maltsev <am@amsoft.ru> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: APM power off (patch) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980309130831.21185C-100000@callisto.fortean.com> In-Reply-To: <199803091722.UAA03954@amsoft.ru>
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> I've uploaded my patch (2.2-stable based) to > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/incoming/am-atx-power-off.patch.gz > > What was done: > - kernel apm driver now able to power off system > - /sbin/shutdown has new flag `-p' to switch power off after shutdown The kernel poweroff stuff is important for my UPS work and patches have been submitted via send-pr for a shutdown queue for a while. I don't believe they've been committed though. We really need a standard (and safe) way of requesting the kernel to poweroff the machine. It would be nice if all of this stuff could work together???? - Bruce ======================================================================== || Bruce M. Walter || 107 Timber Hollow Court #335 || || Senior Network Consultant || Chapel Hill, NC 27514 || || Fortean Technologies, Inc. || Tel: 919-967-4766 || || Information Technology Consultants || Fax: 919-967-4395 || ======================================================================== || BSD Unix -- It's not just a job, it's a way of life! || ======================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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